Russian Language Instructor, DLI-W

The Unconventional; Arlington (WA); Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative organization is looking for a passionate Language Instructor to support language education at a vital institution. This role involves delivering engaging and culturally relevant instruction to students, ensuring they develop proficiency in a foreign language through immersive and authentic materials. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in language teaching, with a focus on adapting lessons to diverse learning styles and promoting communicative competence. Join a team dedicated to enhancing national security through language and cultural understanding, and make a meaningful impact in the lives of learners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 2+ years of relevant experience required.
• Must be an educated native speaker of the language taught.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional language instruction in classroom and virtual settings.
• Tailor lessons to meet individual students' needs and learning styles.

Skills

Language Instruction

Cultural Competence

Proficiency-Oriented Teaching

Lesson Planning

Adaptability

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Diverse Instructional Technologies

Job description

Russian Language Instructor, DLI-W - (2000)

Job Title: Russian Language Instructor, DLI-W

Location: Arlington, VA - Arlington, VA 22201 US
National Capital Region (NCR) - Washington, DC 20540 US (Primary)
Remote Arlington, VA - Arlington, VA 22201 US
Remote Washington DC - Washington, DC 20001 US
Washington, DC - Washington, DC US

Summary:

The Unconventional is seeking a highly skilled Language Instructor to join our team to support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). DLIFLC is responsible for ensuring that our Nation's effort to understand the languages and cultures of our friends and foes alike are met. The DLIFLC provides culturally based foreign language education, training, evaluation, and sustainment to enhance the security of the nation here and abroad.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Provide professional foreign language instruction to students in a classroom and/or virtual environment.
• Prepare for each class, tailoring the lesson to individual students’ needs.
• All instruction must be based on proficiency-oriented principles of second language acquisition.
• Instruction must be culturally-based, learner-centered, employing authentic materials and real-world tasks.
• Emphasize communicative competence in real-life situations.
• Utilize level- and topic-appropriate lessons, materials and activities.
• Teach writing skills to promote language acquisition.
• Engage students’ higher order thinking skills and develop independent learning skills.
• Incorporate diverse instructional technologies.
• Integrate intercultural competence and cultural knowledge into language instruction.
• Use authentic materials and language together in immersive ways.
• Ensure curriculum/materials include sufficient quantity and comprehension of listening and reading Target Language (TL) texts.
• All courses must include a syllabus.

Required Qualifications:

• At a minimum, must possess a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and have at least two (2) years of relevant experience.
• Successful experience of at least four (4) years in teaching the target language to adult learners in an intensive, proficiency-oriented environment may substitute for education.
• Must be an educated native speaker of the current standard form of the language/dialect taught and have strong English language skills.
• Must possess the ability to adapt to students with varying learning styles.
• Instructors must have Oral Proficiency Interview scores of Level 3 or above in the Target Language and Level 2 or above in English.

Clearance: Must be able to pass a background check.